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Acidity increases everywhere and does not depend on temperature. Also, coral reefs grow extremely slowly.
by lmilcin 6y ago
Acidity increases everywhere and does not depend on temperature.
Also, coral reefs grow extremely slowly.
- pfdietz 6y agoAt the end-Permian extinction, nearly everything that made carbonate skeletons was wiped out, probably because of the enormous amounts of CO2, SO2, and HCl that were produced. Coral had to re-evolve from non-carbonate producing species.